[MilCom] 234.5 AM

[pmunsel]

Randy, I am located about half way between DFW and Houston, and am 
constantly hearing these messages. If Jeff Haverlah (sp?) is on here, he is 
far more experienced with these than I am. I know what the messages are, but 
as far as when and to who, he can be of more help. He is in the South end.
73,
Paul N5XMV

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Randy Ballard" <n5wv at eastex.net>
To: <milcom at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thursday, October 07, 2004 4:46 AM
Subject: [MilCom] 234.5 AM


Hello Group  ,   I have received an aircraft working a ground station with 
comm. checks using voice and digital on 234.5 mhz. As most of you know this 
is the militarys equivalent to the civilian 123.45mhz . The stations are 
usually heard on a Tuesday or Wednesday morning around 0400 to 0600 UTC. The 
aircrafts callsign is "Cobra 49" and the ground stations is Greenwood or 
Greenville Foxtrot but is called Foxtrot most of the time. I cannot copy the 
ground station , only the aircraft. The aircraft is flying what he calls an 
"orbital pattern" and checks in with the ground station at points " Charlie" 
, "Delta" and "Echo" . The orbits take around 30 minutes to complete. I fell 
like this is a contractor testing equipment but may be military. I am 
located in East Texas close to the Louisiana border and these transmissions 
maybe comming from around the Houston or Dallas-Fort Worth Texas area . I 
cannot get a fix on the signal because my vhf-uhf mil-band quad and other 
beam type of antennas are down at this time. I have monitored most of the 
Houston , DFW and Memphis Center frequencies and none have worked Cobra 49 
while this aircraft is at altitude. If anyone has any information regarding 
this or receives these stations please email me at n5wv at eastex.net . Thanks 
,  Randy N5WV
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